Sunday, March 31, 2013

here
in boston we had some lovely snow to start off the spring.and
my month was filled with house hunting {yay!}, working my butt off, hibernating
from the cold, and spending time with family during a time of loss. and that
left me with very little time for blogging.but.
there are SO many great things to come in the months to follow: - a
new {home sweet home} section to begin my decorating fun! - my fresh
new blog design from heart and arrow !! {coming soon} - some
sunny new outfit posts outside!! - and a 30-day shred challenge starting april 1st. {i told myself if i blogged
about it I had to do it… and now I have to do it, ugh} tomorrow i will be posting the deets - stay tuned if you want to join in!but
for now, enjoy some outfit pix not taken inside my garage!!!

3. present the Liebster Blog Award to 11 other blogs of 200 followers or
less who you feel deserve to be noticed and leave a comment on their blog
letting them know they have been chosen.

4. copy and paste the blog award on your blog.

my 11 questions from
sarah:

1. (Obligatory)
Why did you start blogging? there really
is no one reason why I started my blog… I guess my blog title says it all,
really to enjoy this life. read more here.

2. What
is your favorite thing to organize?ok, let
me start by saying I am the most unorganized-want-to-be-organized girl ever. I love
love love the feeling I get after doing the dishes, or scrubbing the toilet, or
cleaning my closet. I’m just the WORST at getting it done. I guess if I had to
chose ONE thing to be my fav to organize, it would be cleaning my bathroom. there,
I said it, I love to scrub a good dirty sh*tter.

3. What
kind of friend/person are you?well that’s a loaded question… and kinda
hard to answer about yourself. I would like to think my friends think the same
of me as I do of them. and that’s a lot, because my friends are pretty awesome.
{i gush about them here}

5. What
is your favorite project you have done? I
really enjoyed dreaming up & crafting our wedding invitations {here} – all our
wedding projects were a blast and you can follow our rustic wedding journey.

6. What
is the best piece of advice you can give someone?be nice. It’s never going to get you in trouble, it’s never going to
hurt feelings, it will usually put a smile on someone’s face, and probably a
smile on yours.

7. What
is your favorite book and why? honestly, I
unfortunately have not had time {or made time, rather} to read many books in
the past few years… which is a shame because I really do enjoy reading. however,
since I was in middle school my favorite book has always been The Giver. kinda sad
because I can’t tell you at all what it’s about, been years since I’ve
read it, but I know I LOVED it. and I will
re-read someday & probably love all over again.

8. How
did you come up with your blog name?wow.
I have no idea. I knew I wanted to start a blog to help me define my life, and I
just typed this one in. not really a lot of thought, but it just kinda stuck.

9. What
is your favorite thing about blogging? my
first favorite thing is reading other blogs created by such wonderful, inspiring
women. Some of the blogs I follow are so beautiful, so touching, have brought
me to tears, made me laugh out loud, have cheered me up, and made me want to be
a better person. It’s so so amazing that this community can do that. my second
favorite thing about blogging is the memories I’m creating… I really look
forward to being able to re-walk my path.

10. If
you could eat any food for the rest of your life what would it be? ice cream, hands down.

11. What
would you do if someone gave you one million dollars to spend however you like?
i know all the following is really cliché,
but really wouldn’t everyone? shop, travel, buy a house, volunteer, donate, treat my fam & friends...

11 random facts about
me:

1. I once
got kicked out of a sub shop for carving my initials in the counter.

2. I feel
guilty and have buyer’s remorse if I spend over $20 on any one item.

3. I have
dreamed about being a mother since I was a little little girl, but now I’m more
terrified than ever.

4. I have
a birthmark that spreads across two fingers and my palm on my right hand, and
my sister used to sing ‘strawberry fields forever’ to me & make me cry.

5. I can’t
look a cat straight in the eyes; I think I was attacked by one in a previous
life.

6. Eating
is one of my favorite hobbies, but I absolutely hate to cook.

7. I have
been planning my new workout routine since January, but have yet to get up off
the couch {stay tuned for my 30-day shred coming in april, if a say it here
then I feel like I might actually do it}

8. I absolutely
HATE loose teeth. Don’t even know what I’m going to do when my future children’s
teeth fall out of their heads.

Monday, March 4, 2013

ok, I didn’t get lost.lately I’ve just been taking the long road.life lately has been full of ni-quil, office hours, hubbi travels,
sleepless nights, and stuffy noses.and with all that comes lack of blogging.so, looking through my camera, I came across pix from our valentine's night.full of flowers & hearts & love & yummy food.and this outfit complete with winter whites & favorite brites.

scarf: new fav from world market {first of all, LOVE world market – it was
my first time ever in one when we visited florida and it’s probably a good
thing there aren’t any in MA because I would probably go every day.} they don’t
have this scarf anymore… but check out their awesome selection here.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

say hello to wedding wednesday. hello.we all got together one day (not an easy task)

and explored j.crew, shared some time, had a yummy lunch, and
found my dress.

oh, how that sounds soooo easy on paper.

after hours of searching online, i had a vision in my
head:

wants:lace, mermaid/flare, fitted gorgeous dress.

do not wants: ball gown, satin, poofy.

so my mom, my sister, and my girlfriends
gathered in the early morning - coffee in hand.

- to thefirst dress shop. It was very boutique-y, we had the store to ourselves, and I felt like
a bride. {Probably tried on 10 gowns, one with a horse’s tail, one we dubbed the Alli-dress and we noted our
favorites.}

- to thesecond dress shop. A discount off-the-rack more for prom shopping – in and out. {and I
think my sister tried on a junior prom dress just for fun, she’s 31… no proms
in her near future}

- to thethird dress shop. Seriously, I swear there WAS a third but I guess that day was such a
blur, I’m drawing a blank. mighty?

- andthe last stop– david’s bridal {just to get an idea of what I like.}
The sales woman grabbed the dresses I saved asfavoritesin my online account and we went to town. no, no, no,
eh, no.

so the day was winding down, we were wrapping
up, mamas had to get home to their little ones, and we had all our notes {on
prob 40+ dresses} to pick-up where we left off on another day...

“we like this about that dress, hate that part…
take the top from that one, and the bottom from that one, and the sash from that
one, put them together with a different texture…”